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Kanji Detail for 粟 - "millet, grain"

粟

  • Meaning

    粟 means "millet, grain." Also associated with stipend.

    1. Millet - A grain crop of the grass family.

    2. Grain - Cereal crops; food provisions.

    3. Stipend - Rice allowance; provisions.

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    • Verified meaning: millet, grain
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あそう, あわ, あわざき)
    • Also carries these associations: stipend

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 粟

    Surnames 粟(あそう)Listen 粟(あわ)Listen 粟(あわざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    millet

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    unhusked millet; grain

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Su

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    oats, millet, barley

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A grain plant. A variety of sorghum. Commonly called 小米 (millet). Its leaves resemble corn. Flowers are small and dense. The inflorescence is cone-shaped. The spike has awns. The fruit has white, yellow, red, and black varieties, collectively called 穀子. It begins to grow at the spring equinox. Matures at the autumn equinox. A major food staple of the north.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoku(ショク) ショク

    soku(ソク) ソク

    zoku(ゾク) ゾク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    awa(あわ) あわ

    momi(もみ) もみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    米 (kome・komehen)

  • Related Keywords

    millet grain stipend support cereal crop rice seed agriculture harvest food staple field kernel barley paddy

Sentences including 粟

  • I don't know what, but I felt in my heart something that gives me the chills.

  • The politician had sticky fingers, and 5% of every contract ended in his pocket.

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